* Werner [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2008-December/000890.html announced] he made an [http://www.almesberger.net/misc/idbg/ internal debug board]. This is contributed as a community member, not as Openmoko employee.

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* Werner [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2008-December/000890.html announced] he made an [http://www.almesberger.net/misc/idbg/ debug board] that fits inside the case. Schematics contributed as a community member, not as an Openmoko employee.

* Filter key bouncing patches.

* Filter key bouncing patches.

* There is a thread about the touchscreen driver on the devel list, how it should be [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2008-December/003888.html split between kernelspace and userspace], and [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2009-January/004037.html how to contribute it upstream] to the Linux kernel. I find the mix of high-level technical arguments with social and emotional considerations fascinating.

* There is a thread about the touchscreen driver on the devel list, how it should be [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2008-December/003888.html split between kernelspace and userspace], and [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2009-January/004037.html how to contribute it upstream] to the Linux kernel. I find the mix of high-level technical arguments with social and emotional considerations fascinating.

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* Carl proposed a simple in-car mount: stick a piece of velcro on the dashboard, strap the FreeRunner onto it through the hole, flipping the display with ''xrandr -o 2''. Add a standard USB car charger, you are all set.

* Carl proposed a simple in-car mount: stick a piece of velcro on the dashboard, strap the FreeRunner onto it through the hole, flipping the display with ''xrandr -o 2''. Add a standard USB car charger, you are all set.

* GSM firmware updater and hardware buzzfix program: not released yet, still working on it.

* GSM firmware updater and hardware buzzfix program: not released yet, still working on it.

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* Video driver code was ported from kdrive to xorg architecture, Graeme is now [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2009-January/003964.html in debugging mode]. Andreas, Chris and Tom are also working on it.

Community

Rakshat Hooja's company IDA Systems will be at Mumbai's TechFest. There are gifts waiting for the first 10 FreeRunner owners to show up at their boot!

The Future of location services thread started as an attempt to clarify the GPS drivers tangle, and then turned to using GSM celltowers and wifi access points location information. Dima signalled that there are several free databases of GSM tower locations, and that his gta02 Perl script to query OpenCellID for the approximate tower location, and then initialize the AGPS with this data works great. There is a database of Wifi access points at wigle.net.

Illume's keyboard is definitely now The keyboard. It is a pleasure to say that the Community localized it already to at least nine different languages. This does not only involves layout and icon, but also building up a dictionary. The frontier: input for asian languages.

The Freeunner is also a target platform for many innovative new input methods.

Carl proposed a simple in-car mount: stick a piece of velcro on the dashboard, strap the FreeRunner onto it through the hole, flipping the display with xrandr -o 2. Add a standard USB car charger, you are all set.

GSM firmware updater and hardware buzzfix program: not released yet, still working on it.

Video driver code was ported from kdrive to xorg architecture, Graeme is now in debugging mode. Andreas, Chris and Tom are also working on it.

Tips and tricks

Booting 2008.12 from a microsd fails with "Only GTA01 hardware supported by ASoc driver" ? Option "ro" on the kernel commandline is fatal for startup of 2008.12. Check your U-Boot env if you're using that for "ro", or try adding rw to /boot/append-GTA02 if you are on SD Card and Qi.

tangogps 0.9.2 and 0.9.3 have an issue converting between coordinate formats in the western or southern hemispheres. If you use the DD.dd format it should display the correct value.

Current FSO should support both the 2.6.24 and 2.6.28 kernels. The patch to use old FSO with new kernel is here.

Community

Rakshat Hooja's company IDA Systems will be at Mumbai's TechFest. There are gifts waiting for the first 10 FreeRunner owners to show up at their boot!

The Future of location services thread started as an attempt to clarify the GPS drivers tangle, and then turned to using GSM celltowers and wifi access points location information. Dima signalled that there are several free databases of GSM tower locations, and that his gta02 Perl script to query OpenCellID for the approximate tower location, and then initialize the AGPS with this data works great. There is a database of Wifi access points at wigle.net.

Illume's keyboard is definitely now The keyboard. It is a pleasure to say that the Community localized it already to at least nine different languages. This does not only involves layout and icon, but also building up a dictionary. The frontier: input for asian languages.

The Freeunner is also a target platform for many innovative new input methods.

Carl proposed a simple in-car mount: stick a piece of velcro on the dashboard, strap the FreeRunner onto it through the hole, flipping the display with xrandr -o 2. Add a standard USB car charger, you are all set.

GSM firmware updater and hardware buzzfix program: not released yet, still working on it.

Video driver code was ported from kdrive to xorg architecture, Graeme is now in debugging mode. Andreas, Chris and Tom are also working on it.

Tips and tricks

Booting 2008.12 from a microsd fails with "Only GTA01 hardware supported by ASoc driver" ? Option "ro" on the kernel commandline is fatal for startup of 2008.12. Check your U-Boot env if you're using that for "ro", or try adding rw to /boot/append-GTA02 if you are on SD Card and Qi.

tangogps 0.9.2 and 0.9.3 have an issue converting between coordinate formats in the western or southern hemispheres. If you use the DD.dd format it should display the correct value.

Current FSO should support both the 2.6.24 and 2.6.28 kernels. The patch to use old FSO with new kernel is here.